The River's Family Music Meltdown and Book Bash

04/14/2024

We love you.

See you next year.

04/13/2024

We are underway! Come on out to Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center!

01/12/2024

Sure, winter feels like it's just getting underway, but we know you'll be ready to melt down again soon enough.

So: put April 13 on your calendar.

04/25/2023

Thanks again, everyone!

04/23/2023

Thanks for coming out, everyone! We love you.

04/21/2023

One sleep until Meltdown! See you tomorrow, friends.

Details:

Http://rivermeltdown.com

Meltdown 2023! Coming to Greenfield on April 22nd! Photo: 93.9 & 101.5 The River, USED WITH PERMISSION Meltdown is back again this year, but with a twist – we’re taking the show up the river from Northampton to Greenfield. Saturday, April 22nd, from 10 AM to 3 PM, rain or shine! A day of FREE fa...

04/20/2023

Two sleeps ‘til Meltdown and Tom Knight Puppet Shows! http://rivermeltdown.com for details!

https://youtu.be/ZH2zRL0u0ec

Tips gratefully accepted!https://www.paypal.me/tomknightshowVenmo: read more about Tom Knight’s puppets and music, go to:http://www.TomKnigh...

04/20/2023

Hear more about what’s in store for you this weekend at Hawks & Reed! Thanks to WRSI - 93.9 The River alums Monte and Kaliis for chatting with Tumble Science Podcast for Kids’s Lindsay & Marshall about bird sounds ‘n’ butts.

We discovered blind birders, omitted scientists who helped us understand the universe, and a song about... posteriors all by talking with Lindsay Patterson & Marshall Escamilla of the about their appearance at Meltdown in Greenfield this weekend. We hear tell they have swag, which is even more cool.

Hear our conversation on The Fabulous 413 at nepm.org or wherever you get your podcasts!

04/20/2023

Special show!

04/18/2023

FOUR SLEEPS ‘TIL MELTDOWN PEOPLE

Meltdown 2023! Coming to Greenfield on April 22nd! Photo: 93.9 & 101.5 The River, USED WITH PERMISSION Meltdown is back again this year, but with a twist – we’re taking the show up the river from Northampton to Greenfield. Saturday, April 22nd, from 10 AM to 3 PM, rain or shine! A day of FREE fa...

04/13/2023

Just added! Our friends The Nields will be joining the lineup for Meltdown! Go to WRSI.com for more information about the event!

https://youtu.be/BwXBBpJiaI4

Live at WRSI - Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child

03/31/2023

Saturday, April 22, 2023. We’re back.

05/02/2022

What a great time we had at Meltdown this year! Thanks so much to everyone who came out to dance and sing and run and play in the sunshine, and to our performers and to Yankee Candle South Deerfield, MA and Clinical & Support Options Inc. for making it possible for Meltdown to be free and open for all. See you next year!

04/30/2022

I scream, you scream, we all scream for felafel from Holyoke Hummus Company and local burgers, dogs and fries from Simple Gifts Farm and oh yeah, ICE CREAM from Bart's Ice Cream , all in the food court at Meltdown Saturday!

https://wrsi.com/meltdown-2022/

04/29/2022

Heading to Meltdown tomorrow? Be sure to stop by the High Five Books booth to purchase books by Meltdown authors, and more!

Get all the Meltdown details here: https://wrsi.com/meltdown-2022/

04/29/2022

Happy to have SHOW Circus Studio back at Meltdown for their wonderful circus performances!

If you love circus be sure to stop by the WRSI - 93.9 The River tent at Meltdown for your chance to win a four-pack of tickets to see Cirque du Soleil's Crystal this May at the Mullins Center at UMass!

04/27/2022

Get ready to Meltdown with our performers this year!

Featuring Latin Grammy winner Mister G! Puppets from Tom Knight Puppets. The Deedle Deedle Dees. Carrie Ferguson Makes Music. And Tumble Science Podcast for Kids - LIVE! What's a podcast doing up there on the stage? You'll have to come to Meltdown to find out!

https://wrsi.com/meltdown-2022/

Meltdown 2022 is April 30th! Photo: 93.9 & 101.5 The River We are so excited to be melting down together at Meltdown 2022, Saturday April 30th, OUTSIDE on the sports field at Smith Voke in Northampton, 10am-3pm. Rain or shine! Featuring live music, author readings, puppets, circus performances, baby...

04/26/2022

Thrilled to announce the author lineup for Meltdown! National Book Award Finalist Jarrett J. Krosoczka. Heidi E.Y. Stemple. Kelly J. Light. Bob Shea makes books and New York Times best-seller Maria Scrivan!

Come see them all this Saturday at Meltdown! Free fun for all.

Complete schedule below.

Meltdown is presented by WRSI - 93.9 The River and Yankee Candle Village MA. Main Stage sponsored by Clinical & Support Options Inc.

Meltdown 2022 is April 30th! Photo: 93.9 & 101.5 The River We are so excited to be melting down together at Meltdown 2022, Saturday April 30th, OUTSIDE on the sports field at Smith Voke in Northampton, 10am-3pm. Rain or shine! Featuring live music, author readings, puppets, circus performances, baby...

04/14/2022

Excited to announce that Mister G and SHOW Circus Studio are returning to Meltdown!

Get all the Meltdown details below, and stay tuned for more Meltdown announcements soon. See you April 30th!

Meltdown is presented by WRSI - 93.9 The River and Yankee Candle Village South Deerfield, Ma. Thanks to Main Stage sponsor Clinical & Support Options Inc.

https://wrsi.com/meltdown-2022/

Meltdown 2022 is April 30th! Photo: 93.9 & 101.5 The River We are so excited to be melting down together at Meltdown 2022, Saturday April 30th, OUTSIDE on the sports field at Smith Voke in Northampton, 10am-3pm. Rain or shine! Featuring live music, author readings, puppets, circus performances, baby...

03/26/2022

It’s the last Saturday in March, so, in the before times, this would be Meltdown Saturday. For the last couple of years we’ve done it virtually. But we’ll be back this year—outdoors!—a month from now, on Saturday, April 30.

More details soon.

We miss you. We love you.

01/08/2022

Hi.

We miss you.

More…soon.

https://youtu.be/3zRDV18jnrw

In this episode, MISTER G takes a week off from traveling the world to enjoy the sights and sounds of springtime in New England, and in his own back yard. He...

10/28/2021

Mister G's Halloween Fiesta is now on ACTUAL HALLOWEEN due to the rain predicted for Saturday. Get your costume ready and head over to The Common School in Amherst on Sunday for a great, FREE show!

10/22/2021

Donate diapers or wipes, get a free River 40th t-shirt!

Meet us Saturday at Big Y World Class Market in Northampton between 11am and 1pm. Put some diapers or wipes in the collection box and you'll get a FREE River t-shirt - while supplies last.

It's all part of the United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region, Massachusetts Diaper Drive. One in three families have to choose between expensive diapers and food or rent. A successful diaper drive helps us wipe out diaper need. See you tomorrow between 11-1!

03/28/2021

MELTDOWN—the entire live show is now available on-demand via a YouTube playlist, ya baby!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9gpgNtuVmG54YJKruhvSlwfwAoT3chX

03/27/2021

Did you miss Meltdown? No, you didn't because everything on the internet lasts forever!

Check out the 2021 virtual Meltdown right here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKhPpU7N5SQ

HUGE thanks to Jarrett J. Krosoczka and Gina and Bill Childs for putting this year's event together.

And thanks to our presenting sponsor Yankee Candle Village MA and our supporting sponsors: Cooley Dickinson Health Care's Cooley Babies, High Five Books, Stoneleigh-Burnham School, TommyCar Auto Group and Coldwell Banker Community Realtors.